Meleager of Gadara

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Meleager of Gadara was a Hellenistic Greek poet best known for compiling one of the earliest anthologies of epigrams, which later formed a core part of the Greek Anthology.

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Meleager of Gadara canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic-period person ⓘ
ancient Greek poet ⓘ
anthologist ⓘ
epigrammatist ⓘ
activeIn 1st century BCE ⓘ
anthologyMetaphor flowers as poets in a garland ⓘ
associatedWith Stoic philosophy ⓘ
birthPlace Coele-Syria ⓘ
Gadara ⓘ
compiled Garland of Meleager ⓘ
compiledAnthologyType literary garland of poets ⓘ
compiledFromAuthors Anyte of Tegea ⓘ
Asclepiades of Samos ⓘ
Callimachus ⓘ
Leonidas of Tarentum ⓘ
Mnasalcas ⓘ
Nossis ⓘ
Philetas ⓘ
Posidippus of Pella ⓘ
Sappho ⓘ
Simonides ⓘ
linked to: Simonides of Ceos
contributedTo Greek Anthology ⓘ
culture Hellenistic Greek culture ⓘ
describedAs cosmopolitan poet ⓘ
educatedIn philosophy ⓘ
ethnicGroup Greek ⓘ
genre epigram ⓘ
erotic poetry ⓘ
sympotic poetry ⓘ
hasSurvivingWorkCountApprox over 130 epigrams ⓘ
hasTheme beauty ⓘ
love ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
wine ⓘ
hasWorkIn Palatine Anthology ⓘ
Planudean Anthology ⓘ
influenced Greek Anthology ⓘ
later Byzantine epigrammatists ⓘ
knownFor Garland of Meleager ⓘ
compiling an anthology of epigrams ⓘ
epigrams ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
movement Hellenistic poetry ⓘ
region Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
selfDescribedAs citizen of the world ⓘ
workLocation Cos ⓘ
Tyre ⓘ

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Hellenistic poetry → hasNotableAuthor → Meleager of Gadara ⓘ
Greek Anthology → notableCompiler → Meleager of Gadara ⓘ
Greek Anthology → includesPoet → Meleager of Gadara ⓘ